I am 52 years old. I was a runner in my teens/20's and then basically took my 30's off for numerous reasons. I started running again in my early 40s and then started doing tris about 8-9 years ago. I increased my distance in the manner I thought made sense. My first couple of years consisted of sprints and Olympics, then some half distance races and eventually an iron distance. All along I was also running various distances. This worked for me as I have been able to avoid injury and burnout. To date I have done 3 marathons, 15 25k races(both trail and road), half marathons, an AmZof mid distance, 12 70.3s and 1 ironman. I am doing another ironman this year. I have continued to do some sprint and Olympic distance races along with 5ks, 10ks, and 10mile races.
I like the whole trail running scene, so am I too old to start looking into some of the 50k and up races? This would become my focus, but doing it in a slower build, for example do a couple of marathons next year with some other 25ks thrown in then maybe an ultra the year after. Sound feasible?
Thanks for the input.
I like the whole trail running scene, so am I too old to start looking into some of the 50k and up races? This would become my focus, but doing it in a slower build, for example do a couple of marathons next year with some other 25ks thrown in then maybe an ultra the year after. Sound feasible?
Thanks for the input.
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alittleslow: Apr 21, 14 10:36